MSIEXEC(1)

NAME
msiexec - Wine MSI Installer

SYNOPSIS
msiexec command {required parameter} [optional parameter]...

DESCRIPTION
msiexec is the Wine MSI installer, which is command line compatible with its Microsoft Windows counterpart.

INSTALL OPTIONS

/i {package|productcode} [property=foobar]
    Install {package|productcode} with property=foobar.

/a {package|productcode} [property=foobar]
    Install {package|productcode} in administrator (network) mode.

/x {package|productcode} [property=foobar]
    Uninstall {package|productcode} with property=foobar.

/uninstall {package|productcode} [property=foobar]
    Same as /x.

REPAIR OPTIONS

/f [p|o|e|d|c|a|u|m|s|v] {package|productcode}
    Repair an installation. Default options are 'omus'

p   Reinstall the file if it is missing.

o   Reinstall the file if it is missing or if any older version is installed.

e   Reinstall the file if it is missing, or if the installed version is equal or older.

d   Reinstall the file if it is missing or a different version is installed.

c   Reinstall the file if it is missing or the checksum does not match.

a   Reinstall all files.

u   Rewrite all required user registry entries.

m   Rewrite all required machine registry entries.

s   Overwrite any conflicting shortcuts.

v   Recache the local installation package from the source installation package.

PATCHING

/p {patch} [property=foobar]
    Apply patch. This should not be used with any of the above options.

UI CONTROL

/q[n|b|r|f]
    These options allow changing the behavior of the UI when installing MSI packages.

/q  Show no UI.

/qn Same as /q.

/qb Show a basic UI.

/qr Shows a reduced user UI.

/qf Shows a full UI.

LOGGING

/l[*][i|w|e|a|r|u|c|m|o|p|v][+|!] {logfile}
    Enable logging to logfile. Defaults are 'iwearmo'.

*   Enable all logging options except 'v' and 'x'.

i   Log status messages.

w   Log nonfatal warnings.

e   Log all error messages.

a   Log start of actions.

r   Log action specifc records.

u   Log user requests.

c   Log initial UI parameters.

m   Log out of memory errors.

o   Log out of diskspace messages.

p   Log terminal properties.

v   Verbose logging.

x   Log extra debugging messages.

+   Append logging to existing file.

!   Flush each line to log.

OTHER OPTIONS

/h  Show help.

/j[u|m] {package|productcode} [/t transform] [/g languageid]
    Advertise package optionally with /t transform and /g languageid.

/y  Register MSI service.

/z  Unregister MSI service.

/?  Same as /h.

BUGS
Bugs can be reported on the Wine bug tracker (http://bugs.winehq.org).

AVAILABILITY
msiexec is part of the Wine distribution, which is available through WineHQ, the Wine development headquarters (http://www.winehq.org/).

SEE ALSO
wine(1),
Wine documentation and support (http://www.winehq.org/help).